Our Deepest Fear

Over and over again I am asked “aren’t you afraid that you will come up short, or lacking, in this endeavor” or “is this project to big” or the one word question “Why”? Every time someone asked me this I am reminded of my favorite saying, this is such a good quote President Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first Black President, used it in his Inaugural speech. Here it is…

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.

Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.

It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.

We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and
fabulous?

Actually, who are you not to be?

You are a child of God.

Your playing small doesn’t serve the world.

There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people
won’t feel insecure around you.

We are all meant to shine, as children do.

We were born to manifest the Glory of God that is within us.

It’s not just in some; it’s in everyone.

And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other
people permission to do the same.

As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically
liberates others.

By Marianne Williamson